Disney will remove more than 50 shows from Disney Plus and Hulu this month

If there’s a show on Disney Plus or Hulu that you’ve been meaning to watch, you might want to do so quickly before it’s pulled from the platforms forever. According to a report before Delivery timeDisney is about to remove dozens of series (and some movies) from its two streaming services, including willowAnd Y: The last manAnd Turner and Hookas part of the entertainment giant’s broader cost-cutting measures.

During Disney’s second-quarter earnings call earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Iger and CFO Christine McCarthy announced plans to remove some content from streaming services after revealing Disney Plus lost 4 million subscribers in the first three months of 2023.

“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with strategic changes in our approach to content curation,” McCarthy said on the company’s post-earnings call, adding that Disney expects to pay a $1.5 double content fee. $1 billion to $1.8 billion for extraction operations. according to diverseIger is targeting $3 billion in savings for 2023 after spending nearly $30 billion on content for the Disney Plus streaming service last year.

However, Disney has since backtracked on its plans to remove some of its content after receiving backlash over the planned removal of Howarda documentary about Howard Ashman, a gay man who helped write songs beauty and the beast And the little Mermaid. according to Delivery timeThe company will no longer remove the film, with an extension “The list of titles coming out of Hulu and Disney+ next week is still being finalized,” a company spokesperson stated.

Disney’s decision to delete the content follows similar cost-cutting moves by HBO Max and Disney show time To avoid paying for library titles with poor performance. willow, the revival of Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy film of the same name, is a surprising inclusion in the list of shows that have been removed given that it only began airing in November. Many serials such as willow And The World According to Jeff Goldblum It was highly promoted by Disney. They gave us six months. Not even,” he said willow Author John Bickerstaff on Twitter In response to the news. “This business has become very rough.”

The following titles are expected to be removed from Disney Plus and Hulu on May 26, according to Delivery time:

Update May 19th, 5:42PM ET: Updated to note that Disney no longer has plans to remove Howard.